How to use Audacity to Record & Edit Audio

How to use Audacity to Record & Edit Audio | Beginners Tutorial (2024)

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Audacity(2024) tutorial for beginners on how to Record and Edit. In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to record and edit audio using Audacity. Audacity is free, open-source, and works across platforms, including Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Audacity has the easiest interface and, hence, it is very easy to get started as a beginner. Though Audacity is free and lightweight, it is a very powerful audio editor if you know how to use it properly. I have tried to show you some nice editing techniques and features of Audacity in this beginner-level tutorial.
Professional Podcasters and Voice-Over artists use Audacity as it does the job properly. People also use Audacity to edit audio for KZfaq videos.
After completing this tutorial, please check other tutorials on this channel, like how to make your sound better using Audacity or how to use multiple tracks in Audacity.
Covering how to record, how to edit, and how to make your voice sound better. In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to record and edit audio using Audacity. Shows the basic use of all the necessary tools in Audacity and discusses all the necessary audio effects.
Covers everything from how to set up a microphone to how to get polished audio from a recording. Watch this mega Audacity tutorial, and you will become comfortable and confident using Audacity.
Audacity 3.3.3 has been used to make this tutorial
Time Stamps:
0:00 Good Recording configuration
4:46 Proper Input level for recording
7:18 Demo recording
8:19 Record another track
11:05 Delete
11:23 Silence Audio
12:00 Duplicate track
13:40 Shifting tracks
14:04 Split Clips
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@MasterEditor5 6 ай бұрын

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@chewablevitamin2000 Жыл бұрын

thank you, this is the best tutorial by far that I've tried after a very frustrating morning with others. Most of the others are outdated by 3.3.3! I do wish you had a "table of contents" list of locations as this video is long and dense with information, and I'm going back for one topic at a time...

@FranciscaRigaud Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comprehensive tutorial! I can create another track with Shift+R but not just by hovering around the record button.

@MelijahVicente Жыл бұрын

Thank you so so much for this! I want to start recording my original songs, and this was suggested to me! Thank you for being so specific and helpful! ✌️✨

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

@aux8906 Жыл бұрын

What a FABULOUS learning tool you have created, thank you soooooo much for taking the time to do this.

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@davinasmalleyjones1490 4 ай бұрын

This was a fantastic tutorial. Thank you. Will check out your other videos as well, particularly the ones about voice recording related to podcasting.

@MasterEditor5 4 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@imnotgonnasay3612 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic video!! I'm getting back into voiceover work and forgot how to use Audacity! Thank you for the refresher!!

@MasterEditor5 9 ай бұрын

You are welcome 🙂

@bodywisdomwithmarnie3749 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the great tutorial! ❤ I am brand new to Audacity & I feel like I can totally figure it out & produce awesome audio!

@MasterEditor5 5 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@cabraham6917 11 ай бұрын

Excellent guide for the beginners. Thank you so much!

@MasterEditor5 11 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@sandeeptekriwal3944 10 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot , after going thru so many of tutorials vidieos on Audacity , I found this the best where we can get the full details for the beginners to operate the Audacity 3.3.3.. Really its full of knowledge. Thank you for illustrating the things very carefully.

@MasterEditor5 10 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@DetlevObst Жыл бұрын

Yours was the most coherent and complete set of instructions I've come across - Thank You!

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@DetlevObst Жыл бұрын

@@MasterEditor5 .. remember you'd asked if there are any requests to vids: have you considered doing a video for Ardour? It certainly looks more professional but I've only dabbled with it a little …

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

@@DetlevObst will look into it. seems like it is more suited for music composition?

@blackeagle70 11 ай бұрын

It was fantastic and very helpful for me, to start voice editing in audacity, thank you very much!

@MasterEditor5 11 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@LilHeavenlyTreasures Жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thanks.. I would love to see more about using audacity for audiobooks.

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

Noted!

@ShawnBrandon888 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial thanks

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@personaldevlopment1 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this great tutorial on using Audacity.😁

@MasterEditor5 11 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@cameronw4535 Жыл бұрын

I am interested in singing using a ready music track, kindly provide a specific tutorial for it, many thanks!

@manojkumar-in5jt 6 ай бұрын

great tutorial. the best

@MasterEditor5 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@petromic1947 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the excellent tutorial 👍👍👍👍👍

@MasterEditor5 6 ай бұрын

You are welcome 🙂

@Pyronormalactivities Жыл бұрын

Thank you that was very helpful.

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

You are welcome 🙂

@YourVinayShukla 6 ай бұрын

thanks

@MasterEditor5 6 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@explore_if Жыл бұрын

AWESOME . i am using for youtube

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

Great

@adephizhar6743 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for this, it's great but I want to record from my old cassette audio to mp3 using audacity and not the cassette usb converter using the latest audacity version but I can't seem to get the connection to audacity right. Any ideas pls?.

@user-ue5op6jd4m Жыл бұрын

This is really super helpful. I watched it a couple of times and I think I've absorbed some things. Now, I need to find your de-click plug in tutorial. Thank you!!

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

You are welcome. I have not made a video on de-clicker yet. It is included in my Audacity course. But in future I may make a KZfaq video on this

@user-ue5op6jd4m Жыл бұрын

@@MasterEditor5 ok sounds good. I really hope you do. In the meantime can you recommend a de-click plug in? Thank you!

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

@@user-ue5op6jd4m Audacity does not have a good free option. However, you can search for a mouth de-clicker plugin in the Audacity forum.

@patriciab4849 Жыл бұрын

@@MasterEditor5 thank you.

@BirthingBetterSkills 10 ай бұрын

Yup. Very good and clear.

@MasterEditor5 9 ай бұрын

Thanks

@HappyHomeLibrary 10 ай бұрын

Very helpful❤ Thank you so much🥰 May God bless, everyone🙏

@MasterEditor5 10 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@thenewsherlock Жыл бұрын

Thank you, man! This is amazing! Only God knows how this video has just 3k views!

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

You are welcome :-)

@mhdkhaled5754 6 ай бұрын

amazing thank you

@MasterEditor5 6 ай бұрын

Thank you too!

@goaheadmakemyday7126 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bro!

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

You are welcome 🙂

@MrHappy198 11 ай бұрын

Thax sir

@MasterEditor5 11 ай бұрын

You are welcome :-)

@iamkaushiksarkar 8 ай бұрын

Awasome content...I have learnt more about Auacity Software

@MasterEditor5 8 ай бұрын

Happy to hear that!

@jessicavivianatoledoaranda9359 6 ай бұрын

Great tutorial!

@MasterEditor5 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@cherylanderson1405 9 ай бұрын

I'm working with ACX, and have specific requirements for my audiobook submission. I have listened to this hour of instruction for 'beginners' and it's not basic enough for me.

@MasterEditor5 9 ай бұрын

Okay, thanks for the feedback. I will try to make videos more basic in future. BTW, which mic do you use for audiobook production? And how long you have been into this?

@cherylanderson1405 9 ай бұрын

My mic is listed as USB2.0...........I'm just getting started with audio production for ACX. I got set up with them a year ago, and then we had health events that meant I needed to pause this work..........the versions have changed from 3.2 then to now 3.3.3 for my window. In 2022, I downloaded ACX check plug-in...........do you know if they are still using that, and if so, is the 2022 version current? @@MasterEditor5

@SimplySars Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this detailed video. Please create video specifically for podcast. Beginners to advance that can be helpful for freelance wannabe. Thank you

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

Noted! I will

@SimplySars Жыл бұрын

@@MasterEditor5 thank you. Looking forward to it

@aintfalco7968 Жыл бұрын

can anyone give me the timestamp that may pertain to rearranging clips? New clips always seem to add onto the end, but I would like to move a new clip to the beginning. I cannot drag the clip past other clips, as they collide.

@EamonJeffers Жыл бұрын

Wow!

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@GILBERTOLIMA28 11 ай бұрын

Quero por minha voz em 1 play bak mas n consigo pq abro outra faixa mas ai o rec n funciona, o mesmo so funciona quando ta na mesma faixa começa gravando depois do pkaybak

@pradeepkhatri8550 11 ай бұрын

Good job

@MasterEditor5 11 ай бұрын

Thanks

@FranciscaRigaud Жыл бұрын

I have just used the Non-destructive editing in order to edit a bit of my vocals. I didn't like the start, so I had silenced it and recorded that bit again, which appeared on the next track. Then I wanted to move it up (I know next to nothing about recording!) but it wouldn't go. So I found out that I had to split the whole of the beginning, delete it, then make the start clip which was on the next track and make it smaller, then bring it up and expand it to attach it to the next verse. I would very much appreciate if you would make a tutorial for singers but maybe that is not your thing? In which case I hope that I will find one.

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Yes, Singing falls beyond my area of expertise :-) . If I understood correctly, you are looking something for multi track editing, where you can record something and move things around at will?

@FranciscaRigaud Жыл бұрын

@@MasterEditor5 Many thanks for your reply, I really appreciate....... I am still finishing going through your tutorial but yes, I hope that I can find one for singers, mainly one backing track and then the voice, one or more, as it is very specialized but I have learnt a lot with your tutorial too, as I knew nothing at all. And the people from Audacity have helped me by answering my questions too. Not really move things around at will but more to to show off my voice at its best and really make the song shine. What appears in the recording is usually not really the best one has to give.

@FranciscaRigaud Жыл бұрын

@@MasterEditor5 Yes, you are right. I am a singer and use backing tracks. As one recording is never perfect, one needs then to at times take bits from another take and glue them together, but I also meant as far as the mixing, and so on. Still all the information you gave me helped hugely, thanks!

@brandireaves9538 9 ай бұрын

i am trying to merge 2 songs together for a memorial service and I have recorded it and exported but when I open it on itunes it does not play what am i doing wrong

@MasterEditor5 9 ай бұрын

It is difficult to identify the issue with the info you provided. Does the exported audio play back if taken into Audacity?

@pinksakurapetal 8 ай бұрын

When we choose to export as WAV file, there are many types of encoding and I don't understand any of them at all. hahaha But it's alright to just choose the default "signed 16-bit PCM right?

@MasterEditor5 8 ай бұрын

I would recommend 24-bit

@pinksakurapetal 8 ай бұрын

@@MasterEditor5 Alright, thank you so much.

@ROCKBOLT59 9 ай бұрын

I am using Audacity to record my songs. My problem is I want to record guitar on track 1 then record vocals on a new track or track 2. That's easy enough but what I am trying to do is record my vocals on track 2 while listening to playback of guitar on track 1 but I don't want track 1 to also re-record on track 2.I only want my vocals to record on track 2 Now I have researched this and where ever I go it tells me the same thing. They say I have to use what is called overdubing. Ok I found overdubing and turned it on but when I try to record my vocals on track 2 it is still re-recording track 1 is there a way to separate the track 1 from track 2 ??? Please help...

@MasterEditor5 9 ай бұрын

Are you playing back track 1 through speaker? Then it will be recorded as microphone capturing those sound.

@officiallucky1010 11 ай бұрын

Sir, even after plugging in the laptop, will the same sound be heard?

@MasterEditor5 11 ай бұрын

I am not sure what do you mean

@FranciscaRigaud Жыл бұрын

is there a way to see how many changes one has made to a track?

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

Yes, only on the current session from view, history. If you close Audacity history will be gone.

@FranciscaRigaud Жыл бұрын

@@MasterEditor5 Thanks, yes, I had found history but I was hoping that if one would want to go on next day wone would be able to still see what one had been doing. Many thanks for all the information you have given us.

@davidgoray9631 11 ай бұрын

How do you export a file to a email to send out Thanks

@MasterEditor5 11 ай бұрын

You can directly export to email. Export an audio file and then attach to email

@Glenn_118 Жыл бұрын

Hi i have a problem with recording audio in Audacity on my macbook air early 2015 intel. I would like to record my music set from recordbox with my dj deck Pioneer XDJ RX2 as MIDI using. I have bought a Focusrite 2i2 3rd gen but when i have instal the setting for recording on focusrite 2i2 USB in audacity, it doesn't record anything and sometimes i see a error code from audacity. Can someone please help me fix this problem? Sorry for my bad english(: Greetings from Rotterdam - Holland

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

Do you connect the device while Audacity is open or you connect the device first, and then open Audacity?

@Glenn_118 Жыл бұрын

@@MasterEditor5 first i connect the focusrite device and then open audacity, then i check my record settings but there’s no audio input with the record test in audacity?

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

@@Glenn_118 don't you get the option Scarlett 2i2 USB? Can you send me a screenshot to my mail address?

@RAStoks 11 ай бұрын

one minute I'm finding a recording I've been looking for all week and stoked. Then I realize it has multiple most favorite recordings. Then i see i can update to 3.3.3 on my other computer so i update it on this one. Then i go to close my tracks and won't save this time and closes; and now everyh version I have is opened and now each say Audacity can't read disk from disk D: or disk has no space or may not have permission or may be corrupted or can't work with blockfiles.!!!! wth do i do now!!!??????

@MasterEditor5 11 ай бұрын

I am not sure about your issue

@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

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@jimhoffman6979 4 ай бұрын

Namaskar, Is this tutorial for Audacity 3.4.2 or an older version? Dhanyawad.

@MasterEditor5 4 ай бұрын

It's with 3.3.3. An updated tutorial with 3.4.2 is coming soon

@jimhoffman6979 4 ай бұрын

@MasterEditor5 Hmmm. Hmmm. Do you know when the new tutorial will be out? Thank you.

@MasterEditor5 3 ай бұрын

@@jimhoffman6979 I hope after 1 week from now

@jimhoffman6979 3 ай бұрын

Theek Hai. Thank you. I'll wait with interest.

@bluebuddha74 9 ай бұрын

How do you add track labels?

@MasterEditor5 9 ай бұрын

Label track or rename the track? Or adding notes in different places in the track?

@bluebuddha74 9 ай бұрын

@@MasterEditor5 recording an LP and trying to add labels to the tracks and then export as individual files

@FactNight Жыл бұрын

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@MasterEditor5 Жыл бұрын

I stopped sharing those information as those information is not aligned to this channel's topic.

@akhilyeschaudhary1559 9 ай бұрын

Hindi meh daalo bro❤❤ Tutorial Aachen hain

@georgeprice4212 11 ай бұрын

I’m just gonna ask possibly the dumbest, stupidest, lamest question ever asked about this: is this version of Audacity compatible with Vista? That’s what I currently use on an old, cruddy but still operating Gateway laptop running Windows Vista.

@MasterEditor5 11 ай бұрын

I am not sure. You can try and if not works then uninstall it and install an older version that works. Be sure to save your projects before doing that.

@daveyingram8934 9 ай бұрын

This is getting kind of annoying, disappointed that Audacity had to change their platform and these voice-overs aren't really what I'm looking for

@MasterEditor5 9 ай бұрын

I am not sure what you mean by changing their platform? Did you mean changing their user interface?

@daveyingram8934 9 ай бұрын

sure, whatever it's called. It's annoying they changed things because now the teaching videos for this user interface are few, and many of the old ones can be confusing if ya can't follow along because things are different. @@MasterEditor5

@MasterEditor5 9 ай бұрын

That's true. They change user interface with each new release. I heard their will be a new interface again in version 3.4

@daveyingram8934 9 ай бұрын

What's the point really? Then every old teaching video is kind of useless. I'm going to guess they change everything to give their workers something to do.@@MasterEditor5